Tag: Non-profit

globalcitizen
United States

CEOs, World Leaders and Artists Call for Urgent Investment in Africa’s Future

Summary Intel, Cisco, Lawrence H. Summers, Mary Robinson, Nomzamo Mbatha and Stonebwoy, together with over 100 leading organizations and individuals, sign Abidjan Accord calling for $120 Billion for IDA Economic Development Assembly gathers African leaders and the private sector in Abidjan to advocate for investments from the G20 in the World Bank’s IDA21 replenishment Presented by Global Citizen and Bridgewater Associates, in partnership with the … Continue reading CEOs, World Leaders and Artists Call for Urgent Investment in Africa’s Future

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climatenetwork
Global

Not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy

10 October 2024 – Press Release Climate Action Network’s latest Renewable Energy Tracker Report reveals that not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy. The latest findings show that the world is therefore not on track to reach 100% Renewable Energy by 2050.  Renewable energy remains concentrated in just a few, often rich, countries, inaccessible to people globally – notably the rural … Continue reading Not one country is doing enough to provide clean, accessible, and affordable energy

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Nobel Prize
Global

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutethas today decided to awardthe 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinejointly toVictor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun

For the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation This year’s Nobel Prize honors two scientists for their discovery of a fundamentalprinciple governing how gene activity is regulated. The information stored within our chromosomes can be likened to an instruction manual for all cells in our body. Every cell contains the same chromosomes, so every cell contains exactly the same set of … Continue reading The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutethas today decided to awardthe 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinejointly toVictor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun

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Rare
United States

Rare Raises US$6 Million in Outcome Funding to Launch World’s First Small-Scale Fisheries Impact Bond

September 24, 2024 – Press Release (New York City) Rare announced today that it has raised US$6 million to launch a first-of-its-kind Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Impact Bond (Bond), the world’s first such bond specifically designed to channel private, public, and philanthropic capital to the small-scale fisheries sector. The Bond, first unveiled at COP28 in Dubai, will finance community-led co-management of small-scale fisheries, a proven pathway to meeting the needs … Continue reading Rare Raises US$6 Million in Outcome Funding to Launch World’s First Small-Scale Fisheries Impact Bond

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amnesty
Asia, Europe, NGO

Europe: New Amnesty briefing analyzes landmark climate judgments of the European Court of Human Rights  

August 21, 2024 – Amnesty International has today published a briefing that analyzes three landmark climate judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), issued on 9 April 2024, on cases brought by older Swiss women, six young Portuguese people, and a former French mayor and member of the European Parliament.  Climate inaction, ruled out!, provides an overview of the new climate jurisprudence developed by the ECtHR. … Continue reading Europe: New Amnesty briefing analyzes landmark climate judgments of the European Court of Human Rights  

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climate centre
Europe

Climate change drives wildfires in South America’s Pantanal wetland, the world’s largest – Study

11 August 2024 – By the Climate Centre Climate change made the hot, dry, windy conditions that supercharged catastrophic Pantanal wildfires in June 40 per cent more intense and up to five times more likely, a new WWA rapid analysis released Thursday has concluded. The Pantanal – the world’s largest tropical wetland – usually floods from November to April during the rainy season, then drains from May … Continue reading Climate change drives wildfires in South America’s Pantanal wetland, the world’s largest – Study

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impact award at RMHC International Conference
United States

Press release: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati wins impact award at RMHC International Conference

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati was proud to receive a prestigious award at this year’s Ronald McDonald House Charities International Conference, held in July, for going above and beyond for the charity’s mission. Six Chapters out of 390 globally were recognized. The Cincinnati Chapter was recognized for its tireless work in trauma-informed care (TIC), receiving a $25,000 grant. Sarah Curry, TIC Champion and … Continue reading Press release: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati wins impact award at RMHC International Conference

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nesta
Untied Kingdom

Nesta backs clean energy platform Renewabl

Nesta Impact Investments announces investment into energy procurement and analytics start-up Renewabl 24 July 2024 – Press Release London, UK: Nesta Impact Investments, the investment arm of innovation charity Nesta, has invested £150,000 into Renewabl, a data-driven platform for streamlined clean energy procurement. Nesta’s investment in Renewabl is part of a multi-million-pound seed investment led by clean energy investor Helen Ventures. Founded in 2024, award-winning … Continue reading Nesta backs clean energy platform Renewabl

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